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Photo of Shugborough, a Grade I registered house & garden near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.

Shugborough© Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Rugeley Trent Valley StationRugeley

28 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase, a landmark near Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase

Landmark near Abbots Bromley

Solemn memorial on Cannock Chase to the Polish officers murdered at Katyn, set in light woodland near the German and Commonwealth war cemeteries.

1.3 km S

Photo of Cannock Chase, a National Landscape in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Cannock Chase

National Landscape near Milford

Heathland and forest, an accessible AONB.

1.7 km SW

Photo of Marquis Drive Visitor Centre, a visitor attraction near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Marquis Drive Visitor Centre

Attraction near Milford

Cannock Chase hub with a café and a preserved Great War hut, the starting point for heathland walks and family trails across the Chase.

5.8 km SW

Photo of Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Abbots Bromley

Village

Timber-framed village with a market cross and an ancient church, famous for the Horn Dance that has wound through its streets each September for centuries.

6.3 km NE · Staffordshire

Photo of Shugborough, a Grade I registered house & garden near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Shugborough

House & garden near Milford

Grand estate with mysterious monuments and follies.

6.5 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

0.5 km SW · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo along the Staffordshire Way, a 92-mile long-distance path running from Mow Cop to Kinver Edge, England.

Staffordshire Way

Long-distance path

Mow Cop to Kinver Edge behind the Staffordshire Knot waymark — gritstone, Cannock Chase heath and red sandstone to finish.

1 km NW · Staffordshire, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of Cannock Chase Country Park, a country park near Milford, Staffordshire, central England.

Cannock Chase Country Park

Country park near Milford

A country park in Staffordshire.

3.2 km S

Photo along the Heart of England Way, a 104-mile long-distance path running from Cannock Chase to Bourton-on-the-Water, England.

Heart of England Way

Long-distance path

The Midlands' green spine, from Cannock Chase through the old Forest of Arden to Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

4.5 km S · spans 4 counties

Photo of Great Haywood Bank, a country estate near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.

Great Haywood Bank

Country estate near Milford

A National Trust place in Staffordshire.

6 km NW

Photo of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, a 46-mile canal running from Great Haywood Junction to Stourport-on-Severn, central England.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Canal

Brindley's cross-country link of 1772 from the Trent & Mersey to the Severn, ending at the purpose-built port of Stourport.

6.5 km NW · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

Canalside Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Great Haywood

Farm shop, café and pick-your-own beside the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood, selling meat from its own fields and bakery goods.

6.6 km NW

Photo of German Military Cemetery, a Grade I registered house & garden near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.

German Military Cemetery

House & garden near Milford

Almost 5,000 German and Austrian war dead beneath granite headstones set among purple heather.

7 km SW

Photo of Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, a church in Staffordshire, central England.

Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross

Church near Hoar Cross

G.F. Bodley's Gothic Revival masterwork rising in a remote hamlet, an opulent estate church regarded as one of his finest.

8.6 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (14) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.